AMAC Magazine Exclusive – By Victor Davis Hanson
By early 2023, Israel was at its historical zenith in terms of prosperity, security, and self-confidence. Its per-capita income had surpassed the average in the European Union. Vast new natural gas fields, the world’s most efficient desalinization plants, and a highly productive tech industry seemed to have solved Israel’s old challenges of ensuring sufficient energy, water, and access to foreign sophisticated goods. Mediterranean allies like Cyprus and Greece were eager to partner in joint energy development projects.
The Israel Defense Forces faced no conventional threat from either Arab nations or its hostile Palestinian neighbors. Israel assumed its fortifications, sophisticated intelligence, and conventional military deterrent had neutralized existential dangers from the West Bank and Hamas.
Then came October 7, 2023…
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